Brown has shoot-out shot at $200,000

The final slot on the 18-driver roster for next week's inaugural Mazda Road to Indy USF2000 $200,000 Scholarship Shoot-out has been completed by Toowoomba's Australian Formula Ford runner-up Will Brown.

The 18-year-old (pictured) finished a close second in the title race behind Leanne Tander, despite missing the opening three rounds of the season.

Brown also took the CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship this year.

Will Brown will have a plethora of global talent to beat if he is to secure the $200,000 prize.Contributed

The MRTI Shootout at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, to be held next month, brings together talent from around the globe with the winner receiving a $200,000 prize from Mazda to assist in graduation to the 2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda.

The Shootout was designed this year to include the champions of select junior level open-wheel and karting series.

In total, 20 championships were granted Shootout "entry tickets” to award their champions, with an eligibility requirement that drivers be between the ages of 14 and 25 on September 30.

The competitors, representing nine different nations, will range in age from 14-year-old Marcel Coletta, from Brazil, who earned his nomination via a karting shootout in Brazil, to Matt Machiko, from Pittsburgh in the United States, who celebrated his 25th birthday just a few days after clinching the Formula Mazda championship at the 53rd annual SCCA Runoffs.